Do you like action, great story, romance, ecchi(soft hentai), or comedy.

Deathnote - Battle of wits, the main character is an anti-hero, epic story.Samurai Shamploo - Episodic, epic sword fights, mediocre storyFullmetal Alchemist - Contains a bit of drama, epic fights, magic, and epic story.Sword of the Stranger - Epic sword fights, great story, a movie that is currently competing for the oscar's animation category.

Naruto, Im sorry it's a predictable answer but it is enjoyable, not to farfetched like a lot of animes and has a good measure of action, drama and comedy, most of all it wil draw you in fast so you don't have to wait like my friend used to say "it will get good" referring to Bleach, yeah i said it what are you going to do =]